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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

Frank Burr in letter to the Phiadel-
phia Times says that Secretary Bayard
looks old and broken. Deaths in his fam
lily and the labor in the State Department
seem to have told upon him. Whatever his
success or failure has been or may be as an
executive officer, it is probable that his
public career is pretty nearly ended. He
seems to lack his old fashioned pleasantness
of manner and cheerfulness He goes out
very little socially, and the men who knew
him as a chum when he entered the Cabi-
net now rarely ever see him. He seems to
be tired of politics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

The United States Consul at Honduras is
fman named Burchard. Not long ago he
expressed the opinion that Honduras was in
greater need of missionaries than Africa.
TO revenge themselves the citizens have
trained their dogs to bark at him as he
passes along Che streets Burchard is a
same that seems bound to get its owner into
rouble
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

The Prohibitionists in Louisiana are pre-
pairing to make an attempt to drive liquor
out of that State. A convention will be
held in August, at which measures will be
devised to secure the desired end The call
for the convention concludes with the fol-
lowing ringing words: "In conclusion we
desire to state merely that this is a wave of
that non-partisan prohibition movement
that is stirring so nightly in every South
ern State, strictly within the lines of pres
ent political organizations, and which aims
to draw to itself all persons of every party,
creed, sex. and race who can see no good
reason why the normal rate of taxation
should be increased fOur-fold in order that a
handful of men should be protected in sell
ing poison to the rest, and who propose to
make this "a government of the people, for
the people and by the people, instead of, in
the language of Canon Wilberforce. "a gov
eminent of the whisky traffic, for the whisky
traffic, and by the whisky traffic"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

1t is announced that the condemned Chi
cago Anarchists have given up all hope of a
new trial. Funds are still being collected,
but instead of being applied to defray legal
expenses they are TO be used for an entirely
different purpose. Twenty or thirty per
sons are to be sent out over the State to pro-
cure signatures to petition to Gov. Oglesby
praying that the death penalty may be COM
muted stated sum is to be paid for each
signature secured. If Gov. oglesby has the
interests of society at heart he will let the
law take its course. The way to prevent
assassination is to hang those guilty of it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

1t is said that no other business has had
more rapid development than electric light
ng, and that in no other have men so sud
lenly grown rich. 1t is believed that gas is
doomed, and that in a few years more the
lectric light will even largely supercede oil
lghts. Perhaps the triumph of the electric
lght win gradually cause weak eyes TO disap-
ear. 1t is much more steady than any
Their.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

Oscar F. Harvey, the Treasury forger, in
signing his name 10 checks and other bust
ness papers, invariably writes backward.
He begins with the word Harvey he next
writes the letter AZ and then comes the
name Oscar, which he writes backward.
beginning with the letter "r.". Hereafter
government employees who write their nalncs
backward will be objects of suspicion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

Col. Thomas Porterhouse Ochiltree, whose
principal occupation just now seems to be
telling anecdotes to the reporters of New
York papers, says that he intends to run for
Congress next year. He claims TO have the
choice of at least three districts-the
Galveston district in Texas, the Sara
toga district in New York, and Mayor
Hewitt's old district in New York
city 1t is likely that Col. Ochiltree will
suffer disappointment He is too well
known in the districts he mentions TO be
elected 10 any Office, great or small.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

Where matters of religious faith are con-
cerned people are slow to accept anything
that looks like change. Perhaps never in
the history of printing" says Philadelphia
publisher, "has a book fallen so fiat, from
which so much was expected, as the Revised
Bible. Hundreds of thousands of copies
We're issued, either to remain on the book
sellers shelves or to be finally sold at
pound rates like so much waste paper. |
do not mean to imply that as many
Bibles are not bought as formerly, but
after the first curiosity to compare the
revised edition with the old was satisfied,
people returned to the King James version,
to which, in all probability, they will stick
as long as the world lasts"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14

One of the Georgia delegates to the Ma
tional Convention of the Travellers Protec-
tive Association, held recently in St Louis,
says that the principal events of interest to
the organization were the following: The
adoption of the Ohio plan or idea, which
places the local divisions, formerly posts, as
the basis upon which to build up the or
ganization; the adoption of an insurance
feature; the formation of an employment
bureau, to assist merchants in the selection
of men for special business, and to aid meri-
torious employees, unengaged, in regaining
employment The Georgia delegation was
pleasantly treated. Mr.. Joseph Hirsch, of
Atlanta, was elected National Vice Presi-
dent. Mr.. o. p. Pindell was reelected
President, with a salary of $1,000 per
annum. The next convention will be held
at Minneapolis, Mimi. The organization is
daily growing in strength.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
FULL OF INFORMATION.

Small Caliber Statesmen Who Are Anxious
To he Interviewed.
Special to the indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON. April 16-Most OF the states
mon in Washington at this time ars of the
class that sit for interviews at the Offices of the
newspaper correspondents, just like q subject
sits for photograph gallery. So they make .
great noise for small crowd reminding one Of
General Grants coyotes. The General and one
Of his trusted officers vera once on a reconnoiter-
ing trip in the Southwest short time before the
war began. As they approached piece of wood
at nightfall they were terrorized with the howl
ing in tho timber. 1t seemed like q million of
tion was made when it was ascertainei that but
two poor little coyotes were making the noise.
A half-dozen Congressman. when once inter-
viewed properly during recess Of Congress, can
make the country believe there arc million Of
them here. They enter the Office Of ths news.
paper correspondent at all times of the day or
night and sit for hours. waiting to be inter-
viewed. If the correspondent does not take the
hint he is given one, in terms often like this:
81 can give you somo information about some
political matters you and your paper are inter-
ested in. How mucs, space can you give ita'
If any announcement is given the statesman
he pours out enough to fill page of any ordinary
newspaper. The general bent of the interviews
at this time is to solidify the gentleman inter
viewed with the administration. Almost any
correspondent can get dozen interviews every
day, praising the administration in general
terms: but no wants to print them. The
bulk of the statesmen at the capital NOWADAYS
are not heavy weights
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
THE PANHANDLE THIEVES.
Another Important Arrest-Sensationa Ru-
mors About Action Taken by Employees.

PITTsBURG April l6-It is quite probable
that no hearings will be held in the cases of the
Panhandle robbers on Monday. More than half
of the prisoners have already waived the pre-
liminary hearing for court trial. and it is be-
lieyad the others will take the same action.
This will enable the defendants to get their cases
before the grand jury in time for the present
term of court Within the past twenty-four
hours a number of the prisoners have made vol
untary confessions to the attorneys Of the rail-
road company, but the nature of lhe disclosures
have not been given to the public It is
claimed, however, that they tally almost ex-
actly with the facts as learned by the detectives
in their researches. It 10 thought that before
the trial comes off nearly all the men viii have
admitted their part in the robbery.
Another and very important arrest was made
to-day. Fl. c. Busby, who escaped from the off,
cars at Dernison. o., on Monday. by jumping
from a train was recaptured this morning and
lodged in Jail. He is regarded by the detectives
as one OF the ringleaders. Conductor Black re-
turned to the city this morning and is ready to
stand trial.
An afternoon paper today publishes a sensa-
tional item, in which it is stated that secret
meeting of the employees of the Panhandle road
was held last night to consider bold and decis-
i've move to bring the railway authorities to some
kind of a compromise. 1t proposed to demand
guarantee that further arrests shall be
made and that ali the men now employed
on the road be completely exonerated
from any completely in the alleged therts.
Should these guarantees not be forthcoming the
men will decline again to enter into the COM
pany's service under the suspicious that rest
ing upon them, until all the cases have been
finally settled. Demands are also to be made
respecting certain of those under arrest claimed
to be innocent of the charges against them, and
respecting the others guarantee that they
will not be kept in jail all summer. but that :hey
will be tried Immediately. If these demands
not complied with. strike will be ordered.
and all trains side-tracked- Twenty-four hours
notice will be given of the intention to strike.
Another meeting will be held tonight or to-
morrow, when definite action will be decided
upon. The paper claims that its authority for
/! the story is beyond question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17

dens A well-known Western member, who
left the city only few days ago. was intoxicated
. number of times, and insisted on coing around
the streets when he could sca.cely walk. #
A wealthy man who left Congress last month
to Join his interests in the East. has been maxi
ing the neighborhood OF one or two fashionable
cafes in the northern part of the city resound
with drunken harity or evenings for some time
He is happiest when he gets crowd OF yonng
boys with him and is making champagne flow
like water and the company about him bowls
like mad.
Another man who has been in Congress four
years, aud who left it only last month, has hs-
gered here to make an exhibition OF himself A
score of times since the 4th of March be mas
been seen on the public thoroughfares SO crunk
he could scarcely walk. He is an able Jurist
and a gentleman when sober, but a beast wnen
intoxicated. He has very respectable family
of young girls and an afcctionate wife IN tna
city. and they have been almost paralyzed with
fear and humiliation during the lengthy de.
bauch of the father and husband A mum Der of
other public characters coulG be pointed out VINO
are here for no good.
The constituents of these men should know
what they are here for, and il Is improbable thas
they would longer tolerate the disgrace cast upon
them. In fact, it would be well If congressman
were generally required to account to their con-
stituents for their ineerings and trips here.
They hang around Washington during the re-
cess of Congress, or make visits here very ire
quently when they have nothing in view but
their old haunts and vicious hahits- It has been
the custom many years for Congressman. when
at home during recess OF Congrsss, to return
to Washington when they want to have time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
GENERAL sHERMAN's LETTERS.


.sOld Tecump' Has Nothing TO Concsal--Any-
body Who Has Letters May Print Them.
Washington Special
A statement that General Logan's family had
several letter from General Sherman to General
Logan which General and Senator Sherman
were very much afraid would get into print was
OF the Generals letters:
''Why, they have been published. Don't you
remember there was something 2 said about letters
that General Logan had from my brother. and
afterward they were published, and thsre was
nothing in themi It was only q roorbac <.
There is nothing in it.
.Those were all the letters, were theyl"
''All know anything anout. If there arc any
more / wish they would publish them. want
you to publish any letters you can get hold Of
written by General Sherman. There is nothing
he wants to hide in any hing he has written, and
his letters always make good reading, at least
He may be a little careless in his form OF ex
preston. but he does not think write AMI
malice of anyone. He and General Logan wers
always friendly" the Senator added. s'lhere was
never any disagreement between them. My
brother refused to appoint him in com.
mand of an army, selecting sxsasIsl
Howard, Slocum-whiche-as sss
instead, thinking it Is ssat
have q cautions and gseiE seAa 1or
service. He had no iF.-sfs raj Lo-
gan. He knew he was ) prasa .sea and noble
man. The only thing 20 thought he might
bs too brave-too apt tC take risks Ny brother
always said this. have heard MIN talk the
matter over with General LOGAN WITH the ut.
most good feeling. He appreciated General Lo.
gan's high character, as We all dc. But If he had
been his own brother he would not have ap
pointed him. General Sherman has said to ns
in speaking of it: Why, I would not make you
brieadier- general No." the Senator added
''there are no letters we want to conceal The
Shermans have nothing to conceal They
don't say anything they arc ashamed Of, and
when they make mistake they acknoNledgs
| tha CON-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
PROVIDING FOX THEIR KIN.

Rclstives of Southern and Western Senators
Feeding at the Public Crib.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. April 16-The very recent ap-
pointment of the sons of Senators Pugh and Nor
gan, of Alabama, to prominent positions with
the Interstate-cor,merce Commission and in tho
General Land Office has again attracted atten-
tion to the nepotism being practiced by men ia
public Offices am told that three-fourths Of
the men in Congress have sons, brothers,
sisters, or some other near relatives in the fed
eral service This practice has become SO gem
e-al that people here wonder If some Senators
and Representatives are sent here merely to CT
their relations in Office. Even the virtuous Hol-
man, of Indiana. has kept his son in easy places
under the government when be could not earn
his bread in private life, and at the same time
hundreds of deserving and poor constituents
were begging for places The South and West
are guilty Of more nepotism than other
sections Of country. The Eastern Senator's sell
dom employ a relativ as private secretary.
while in other sections it is the rule The CONS
mittee clerks in Congress from the other sec
tions than the East are often relatives. and the
departments, and military and naval academies
are honeycombed with the relatives OF Senators
and members. The poor boys of the country
are being looked over for those of public men
for the soft berths, especially in the academies
of the government. As rule the sons OF these
men when put into prominent places ere naughty
aud incompetent But they are retained for tha
influence Of their fathers.
At first it was presumed that tho lnterstate-
commerce Commission would be kept above any
thing like favoritisn, but If one can believe what
he hears i, is to be the refuge for incompetents
and favorites IL is to be an asylum for rela-
tons Of the commissioners. 1t is stated, how
hat tha Presidppt has called aEJ9ntfOQ to
this matter. and 1t may stop before it becomes
ecandalons "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
HOW IT HURTS.


Great Grief Of "the Boys In the Trenches"
Over Failure to Get the Offices.
Special to Courier-Journal.
That great man-o-warsman, William Crow
ninshield Endcott. is carrying around under his
beautiful Prince Albert coat > sad and heavy
heart to-day. The reason for this sadness is the
departure from the War Department Of one of
Mr. Endicott's sweet and gentle Republican
pets. The story of this heartrendng disruption
OF official and personal relation is thus told BY
the mornine Republican:
mr. Charles S. Sweet Of Chicago, whom
Secretary Lincoln, q. tho beginning of his aG-
ministration OF the War Department. appointed
his private secretary and stenoerapher, and
whom Secretary Endicott has retained IN posi-
tion up TO this time. has been elected secretary
OF the Chicago, Santa Fe q California Railway
Company, and assumes his new duties at once.
Secretary Endicott has accepted Mr. Sweets
resignation with regret Ks adds: am part
ing not only with secretary. bot with friend.
Be assured that shall recall with pleasure the
relations so intimate and confidential between US.
and it will be long before can be quite recon-
ciled to my new surroundings"
The great American heart will throb with anx-
ious agitation until it is certainly known that
Endicott is 'quite reconciled' TO his new sur.
roundings."
But to deal with this item in q serious vein
Is 1t not humiliating that Cabinet offcer under
a Democratic President should write such rot to
a retiring Republican clerk, for Mr. Sweets not
only Republican. but in every sense an ardent
and offensive Republican partisan. He waa
| such under Mr.. Lincoln and he has been tbs
Same under Mr.. Endicotk
Only two rascals have been turned out this
week. At this rate but $50 will walk ths plank
between now and the next presidential election
General Villas is making q tour IN the West
| shaking hands with his many Republican rail
| way mail agents. He has several thousand on
the list that never would be missed. Chop OF
1 their heads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
DRUNKEN CoNGREssMEH.

Dissipated Statesmen VINO Arc Diseracing
Themselves and Their Constituents,
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. April 16--Several Of the Cen
gressmen who have fingered in the city since the
session closed have been indulging in dissipa-
tions which are disgraceful Three or four
especially have frequently been seen On the
streets in . state OF beastly intoxicatioD. One
an unmarried member from New York-has
often been seen driving q pair OF seal browns
down the avenue with q dsreputable woman at
his side, and both in an intoxicated condition.
Southern member has been having good
time with the boys about saloons and gambling
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
THE BALTIMonE RIOT OF 81.

How Two Boys Risked Tieir Lives to Telas
graph the News to the rasionai Capital
Washington Special. ssA
The method by which cornuas,nic cation bystslss
graph was held open 80 Raisimore and
Washington, during the he sioxs ID Bal
timore, on the 10Th Of ANIL \. has JUST ber
come known hesa Noone outside of the prin-
cipals and those who cIsSat49 1hs wires ever
knew how the national e6vs z&nt heesl1o sa~
prised SO quickly Of what Il a M
The cnly telegraph eel1fs 1 n 8 efIn6 b1>i-
ness in those days wac 2i1 S1s ia the
force onsisted Of ms "A \ 56n optx-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
MEMS CLOTHING.

What lot of Prince Albert and
Prince Charles Suits we are selling!
Light and dark colors, in medium
md very finest grades. In fit they
are perfect; in style, matchless; in
sprice, unapproachable. Our Fine
Back and Frock Suits are also going
fast. You won't fad anything finer
At the highest-priced merchant tail
or's. Every imaginable style in
domestic or imported fabrics. An
immense assortment Of nobby Che
rots.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
ELECTRICITY

There are five electric headlights in use on
an Ohio railway, which make an annual saw
ing of not less than $50, 000-probably good
deal more-by preventing accidents. The
lights can be seen at night several miles if
objects do not obstruct vision. Numerous in
cidents were related An engineer saw at
night, by aid of the light and reflector, horse
on bridge mile away. The narrator had
read a newspaper at night, unbelievable as it
seemed, by aid of the light, nearly or quite
three miles away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17
Pretty Tough.

That three-mile story is pretty tough, and
we don't vouch for it. We simply say that
THE WHEN, also, is lighted by electricity,
and you can see as far into suit of clothes
by it as anywhere.
MOTHERS NOTE-Some new shirt waists
for children. French and American Percales
and French Flannels. All the novelties and
the latest patterns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-17

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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26

herds of buffalo. 1t was composed of =
thick network of tough, woody roots of the
wild grasses, which formed so close and
compact covering that the underground
moisture OF the soil was shut in as with a
RUBBER blanket, and was prevented from
ascending In time of drought. Consider
the amount OF moisture which is contained
In the portion of the soil accessible to the
roots OF cultivated plants, or which on fall
low land will be drawn out by the SIMS
neat II It's surface is exposed without pro-
lection, and it will be seen that it consti-
tutes an important " storage reservoir of
moisture, which must exercise an import-
ant influence in shortening droughts. The
buffalo grass" always died dnrinp the
summer, for IT'S roots were unable to pene-
trate tar, and the hard turf prevented the
suosurface moisture from rising. But the
covering OF the areas nearer the Missis-
sippl with fields of grain, and the breaking
up OF the raw prairie on millions of square
miles, has had an effect on the humidity
OF the outlying regions analogous to that
produced by timber cultivation. The
whole plain between the Appalachian and
Rocky Mountain ranges will probably al
ways remain region of climatic extremes.
removed as it is from the eaualizing infu-
ences OF mountains and ocean. But it is
now evident that the great portion of it.
winch was once waste land. is to be consid-
cred so no longer, but is destined TO SUD-
port dense agricultural population and
ADD largely to our national wealth-En-
gtnecring Nacs.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
A Ponderous Machine.

The Pennsylvania Agricultural Works,
at York, are constructing new cotton
press, the invention of S. J. Webb, the
dimensions of the parts of which are so
large as to necessitate the enlargement of
tne foundry to furnish lthe castings. The
Gazette says: 1.-The workmen are now en-
gagged boring out the steam cylinder.
which is the largest casting of the kind
ever made in this section of the country.
1t is so inches in diameter and 90 feet
long, and made in two parts, one weigh
ing 10000 pounds and: the other "a, lao
pounds. In the entire machine there
will be about 10000 pounds of forged
steel. In operation the cotton bales
will be pressed by combination of
steam and hydraulic pressure. First, a
pressure equal to 100000 pounds of steam
will be turned into the large steam cylin-
der, and this will be multiplied by means
OF toggle-arms to about 100000; then
the hydraulic pressure will be automati-
cally turned on, which will give uniform
pressure of 100000 pounds upon the bale
of cotton: The object of the press is to re-
duce the bale to about one-fourth its for
mer size for foreign shipment. The ca
pacity of the press is said to be from sixty
to seventy bales of cotton per minute, and
It's cost when completed will be $4,000.
1t will load ten or eleven cars. The press
was ordered by parties in Northwestern
Louisiana, and is being constructed under
the superintendent of the inventor